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January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 358 days remaining until the end of the year (359 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. Afonso IV (ɐˈfõsu 8 February 1291 &ndash 28 May 1357 called the Brave (o Bravo was the seventh king of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1598 - Boris Godunov becomes Tsar of Russia. Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607
• 1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 &ndash 8 January 1642 was a Tuscan ( Italian) Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons. The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei.
• 1782 - The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Bank of North America was chartered on December 31, 1781 by the Congress of the Confederation and opened on January 7, 1782, at
• 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (aka Jean Pierre François Blanchard was a French inventor most remembered as a pioneer in Aviation and ballooning. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the John Jeffries ( February 5, 1744 -1819 was a Boston physician scientist and a military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A balloon is a flexible bag filled with a type of Gas, such as Helium, Hydrogen, Nitrous oxide or air.
• 1797 - The modern Italian flag is first used. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also List of Italian flags The flag of Italy ( La bandiera d'Italia, often referred to in Italian as Il Tricolore) is a Tricolour
• 1835 - The HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common First Voyage On 27 September 1825 Beagle docked at Woolwich for repairs and fitted out for her new duties at a total cost of £5913 Chonos Archipelago (Archipiélago de los Chonos is a series of low mountainous elongated Islands with deep bays are traces of a drowned coastal range
• 1894 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 &ndash 28 September 1935 was an Anglo - Scottish Inventor who devised an early motion picture A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an
• 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS". Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on CQD, transmitted in Morse code as  - · - ·    - - · -    - · ·  Early developments Before the development of radio communication in the early 1890s seagoing vessels had already adopted a wide variety of visual and audio distress signals using
• 1922 - Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ga '''Dáil Éireann''' ( English House of Representatives of Ireland) is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a Treaty
• 1927 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information The City of New York London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1931 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guy Lambton Menzies ( 1909 - November 1, 1940) was the Australian Aviator who flew the first solo Trans-Tasman flight from Trans-Tasman is an adjective used primarily in Australia and New Zealand, which signifies an interrelationship between both countries For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Government The Westland District is governed by an elected Council, headed by an elected Mayor.
• 1935 - Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco–Italian Agreement. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Laval (28 June 1883 15 October 1945 was a French Politician and statesman who led the Vichy government during World War II, and On January 7 1935, the French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini signed
• 1942 - World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1945 - World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, (məntˈgʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains
• 1950 - A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, kills 41 people. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Davenport is a City along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa.
• 1953 - President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the
• 1954 - Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Georgetown-IBM experiment was an influential demonstration of Machine translation, which was performed during January 7 1954. Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology
• 1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until
• 1972 - Iberia Airlines Caravelle 6-R crashes into Mont San Jose on approach to Ibiza Airport killing all 104 on board. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA (Iberia Airlines of Spain ( or Iberia as it is commonly known is the largest Airline of Spain, based WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout History Preamble (1921-1926 The years following World War I saw a large advancement in aircraft technology with concomitant increase in possibilities for rapid Ibiza Airport is the airport serving the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera, used by 95% of all people who arrive at or depart from these two
• 1973 - Mark Essex fatally shoots 10 people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson’s Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana before being shot to death by police officers. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Mark James Robert Essex (1949 &ndash January 7, 1973) killed 9 people including police and wounded 13 others in New Orleans on January 7 Several prominent people have been named Howard Johnson: Howard David Johnson (artist a contemporary photorealist painter focusing on mythology and religion New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana
• 1979 - Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Phnom Penh ( Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ official Romanization Phnum Pénh; pʰnum pɯɲ is the Capital Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Saloth Sar ( May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998) also known as Pol Pot, was leader of the Communist movement known as The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម Kmae Krɑhɑɑm was the Communist ruling political party of Cambodia &mdashwhich it renamed
• 1980 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925
• 1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language
• 1990 - The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa (it La Torre di Pisa is the Campanile, or freestanding bell tower of the
• 1991 - Beginning of the operation Desert Storm, during the Gulf War. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• 1993 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Jerry John Rawlings (born Jeremiah Rawlings John June 22, 1947 in Accra) was twice the Head of state of Ghana and was the 1st
• 1999 - The impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Former President of the United States Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States

Births

• 1355 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester ( January 7 1355 &ndash September 8 (or 9 1397 was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward Edward III (13 November 1312 &ndash 21 June 1377 was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. 1397)
• 1502 - Pope Gregory XIII (d. Pope Gregory XIII (January 7 1502 &ndash April 10 1585 born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585 1585)
• 1528 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. Jeanne III or Joan III, known as Jeanne d'Albret (7 January 1528 – 9 June 1572 was Queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 wife of 1572)
• 1647 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. Wilhelm Ludwig Duke of Württemberg ( 7 January 1647 - 23 June 1677) served as ruler of the senior Duchy of Württemberg from 1674 until his death 1677)
• 1685 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. Jonas Alströmer ( 7 January 1685 - 2 June 1761) was a pioneer of Agriculture and Industry in Sweden. 1761)
• 1706 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Heinrich Zedler ( January 7, 1706 March 21, 1751) was the publisher of a German Encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon 1751)
• 1718 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Israel Putnam ( January 7, 1718 &ndash May 29, 1790) was an American army General who fought with distinction at the Battle In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" 1790)
• 1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain (during a time) and the Indies (never de facto and never de iure 1844)
• 1786 - John Catron, Justice of the U. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Catron ( January 7, 1786 &ndash May 30, 1865) was an American Jurist who served as a Supreme Court justice S. Supreme Court (d. 1865)
• 1796 - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 &ndash 6 November 1817 was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at the time Prince of Wales 1817)
• 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1874)
• 1827 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7 1827 – July 22 1915 was a prolific Scottish-born Canadian Engineer and Inventor, known for introducing Universal 1915)
• 1830 - Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Albert Bierstadt ( January 8 1830 - February 18 1902) was a German - American painter best known for his large 1902)
• 1831 - Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Heinrich von Stephan ( January 7, 1831 - April 8, 1897) was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized 1897)
• 1832 - James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian James Munro ( 7 January 1832 – 25 February 1908) Australian colonial Politician, was the 15th Premier of Victoria 1908)
• 1834 - Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Johann Philipp Reis ( January 7, 1834 &ndash January 14, 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor who in 1860-1 constructed 1874)
• 1844 - Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Saint Bernadette (born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous January 7 1844 – April 16 1879) was a miller's daughter from the town of 1879)
• 1845 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ludwig III ( Ludwig Luitpold Josef Maria Aloys Alfried; English: Louis Leopold Joseph Mary Aloysius Alfred) ( January 7, 1845 1921)
• 1858 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For the street named for Eliezer Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem, Israel, see Ben Yehuda Street. 1922)
• 1860 - Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Emanuil Manolov (Емануил Манолов ( January 7 1860, Gabrovo - February 2 1902, Kazanlak) was a Bulgarian 1902)
• 1870 - Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gordon Hewart 1st Viscount Hewart PC ( 7 January 1870 &ndash 5 May 1943) was a Politician and Judge in 1943)
• 1871 - Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel ( January 7, 1871 in Saint-Affrique, France &ndash February 3, 1956 in Paris 1956)
• 1873 - Charles Péguy, French poet and essayist (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Péguy ( January 7, 1873 - September 5, 1914) was a noted French Poet, Essayist and editor. 1914)
• 1873 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Adolf Zukor, born Adolph Cukor, ( January 7, 1873 &ndash June 10, 1976) was a film mogul and founder of Paramount 1976)
• 1875 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustav Felix Flatow ( January 7 1875 – January 29, 1945) was a German gymnast. 1945)
• 1875 - Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Thomas J Hicks ( January 7, 1875 &ndash December 2, 1963) was an American track and field athlete, winner of the 1963)
• 1876 - William Hurlstone, English composer (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year William Yeates Hurlstone ( 7 January, 1876 &ndash 30 May, 1906) was an English composer who studied piano and composition at 1906)
• 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Zora Neale Hurston ( January 7, 1891 &ndash January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time 1960)
• 1895 - Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Clara Haskil ( January 7, 1895 - December 7, 1960) was a Jewish Swiss classical Pianist, born in Romania 1960)
• 1895 - Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh KBE, DFC ( January 7, 1895 &mdash April 6 1974) was an Australian Aviator and Qantas Airways Limited (ˈkwɔntəs ( is the National airline of Australia. 1974)
• 1896 - Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Major William Arnold Ridley, OBE ( 7 January 1896 &mdash 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor 1984)
• 1898 - Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert Allick 'Al' Bowlly ( January 7, 1899 &ndash April 17, 1941) was a popular British Jazz singer in the United 1941)
• 1899 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963)
• 1900 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee ( January 7, 1900 – January 10, 1969) was an important Australian Baritone of the twentieth 1969)
• 1903 - Warren Hull, American actor (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting John Warren Hull ( January 7 1903 &ndash September 14 1974) was an actor and TV personality active from the 1930s through the 1960s 1974)
• 1903 - Alan Napier, English actor (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Alan Napier (born Alan W Napier-Clavering; 7 January 1903 &ndash 8 August 1988 was an English character actor 1988)
• 1907 - Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nicanor Zabaleta ( January 7, 1907 – March 31, 1993) was a Basque - Spanish world-class virtuoso and populariser of the 1993)
• 1908 - Red Allen, American musician (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Henry "Red" Allen ( January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk &ndash April 17, 1967) was a Jazz Trumpeter whose style 1967)
• 1910 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Faiz Ahmed Faiz ( فيض احمد فيض) (1984 - 1911 was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets 1984)
• 1910 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Orville Eugene Faubus ( January 7 1910 December 14 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, having served from Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. 1994)
• 1911 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Butterfly McQueen ( January 7, 1911 &ndash December 22, 1995) was an American Film and Television actress 1995)
• 1912 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Charles Samuel Addams ( 7 January, 1912 - 29 September, 1988) was an American Cartoonist known for his particularly 1988)
• 1912 - Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Günter Wand ( January 7, 1912 in Elberfeld, Germany – February 14, 2002 in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland 2002)
• 1913 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johnny Mize ( January 7, 1913 – June 2, 1993) was a Baseball player who was a First baseman for the St 1993)
• 1916 - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Paul Keres ( January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) was an Estonian Chess grandmaster. 1975)
• 1917 - Ulysses Kay, American composer (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ulysses KSimpson Kay ( January 7, 1917, Tucson, Arizona – May 20, 1995, Englewood, New Jersey) was 1995)
• 1922 - Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Vincent Gardenia ( January 7 1922 – December 9 1992) was an American award-winning stage, Film, and 1992)
• 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal ( 7 January 1922 &ndash 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French Flautist and has been personally "credited 2000)
• 1922 - Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger, conductor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Eric Jupp ( January 7, 1922 - January 2, 2003) was a British -born Musician, Composer, arranger and 2003)
• 1922 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
• 1923 - Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Alvin Ralph Dark (born January 7 1922 in Comanche Oklahoma) nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox" is a former Shortstop and manager Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Kenner ( January 7, 1923 &ndash November 24, 2003) was a Canadian Literary Scholar, Critic 2003)
• 1924 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pablo Birger (born 7 January 1924 in Buenos Aires - died 9 March 1966 in Buenos Aires was an Argentine racing driver who 1966)
• 1925 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper 1995)
• 1928 - William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter
• 1929 - Terry Moore, American actress
• 1932 - Joe Berinson, Australian politician
• 1933 - Elliott Kastner, U. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Peter Blatty (born January 7, 1928) is an American Writer and Filmmaker. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Moore (born Helen Luella Koford January 7, 1929) is an Oscar -nominated American actress. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Max "Joe" Berinson ( 7 January 1932) is a former Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1969 election Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elliott Kastner (born 7 January 1930) is a Jewish American Film producer, most famously of the War film Where Eagles Dare S. film producer
• 1934 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Corbeil, PC ( January 7, 1934 &ndash June 25, 2002) was a Canadian politician 2002)
• 1934 - Charlie Jenkins, American runner
• 1935 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles ("Charlie" Lamont Jenkins (born January 7, 1934) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenny Davern ( January 7, 1935 — December 12, 2006) born John Kenneth Davern, was one of the premier Jazz Clarinetists 2006)
• 1935 - Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Thomas Johnson ( January 7 1935 - October 16 2006) was an American Orchestral Tuba player 2006)
• 1935 - Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1936 - Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter, spearfishing champion, underwater photographer
• 1937 - Paul Revere, American musician
• 1938 - Rory Storm, British singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Валерий Николаевич Кубасов born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ben Cropp (born 7 January 1936) is an Australian former shark hunter and six-time Australian Spearfishing champion having retired from that trade Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Revere and the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and earlier 1970s best-known for hits like Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rory Storm (21 September 1939 - 28 September 1972 was an English singer and musician 1972)
• 1938 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roland Topor ( January 7, 1938 — April 16, 1997) was a French Illustrator, painter, Writer and 1997)
• 1938 - Lou Graham, American golfer
• 1939 - Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
• 1941 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Professional wins (7 PGA Tour wins (6 1967 (1 Minnesota Golf Classic 1972 (1 Liggett Myers Open Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Birth and family He was born in Rome to Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark and his second wife Princess Françoise of Greece and Denmark (nee Princess Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iona Brown OBE (born Elizabeth Iona Brown 7 January 1941 - 5 June 2004) was a British Violinist and conductor 2004)
• 1941 - Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach
• 1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 - Danny Williams, South African singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Manfred "Manny" Schellscheidt (born January 7, 1941) is a German American Soccer coach for Seton Hall University John Ernest Walker (born January 7, 1941) is an English chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Danny Williams ( 7 January 1942 - 6 December 2005) was a popular music Singer. 2005)
• 1942 - Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter
• 1942 - Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
• 1943 - Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev ( Russian:Василий Иванович Алексеев born January 7, 1942 in village Pokrovo-Shishkino Ryazan Oblast James Kenneth (Jim Lefebvre (born January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is a former Second baseman, Third baseman Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sadako Sasaki ( Japanese:佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 &ndash October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl The Japanese city of ( is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan 's A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. 1955)
• 1943 - Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor
• 1944 - Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
• 1944 - Tony Whitlam, Australian judge
• 1945 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Sir Richard Armstrong, CBE (born 7 January 1943 in Leicester) is a British conductor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arne Scheie (born 7 January 1944) is a sports commentator for NRK, with football and Ski jumping as his specialities Antony Philip Whitlam QC, (born 7 January 1944) Australian politician and judge is the son of former Prime Minister Gough Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Anthony Richard Conigliaro ( January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990) nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig" was a Major 1990)
• 1945 - Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Gilles Marotte ( January 7, 1945 – July 26, 2005)was a Canadian defenceman in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins 2005)
• 1945 - Dick Marty, Swiss politician
• 1946 - Jann Wenner, American publisher
• 1947 - Shobha De, Indian writer
• 1948 - Kenny Loggins, American singer
• 1949 - Marshall Chapman, American singer/songwriter
• 1949 - Anne Schedeen, American actress
• 1949 - Steven Williams, American actor
• 1950 - Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter
• 1950 - Erin Gray, American actress
• 1950 - Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
• 1950 - Johnny Lever, Indian actor
• 1951 - Helen Worth, British actress
• 1952 - Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor
• 1956 - David Caruso, American actor
• 1956 - Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist
• 1957 - Katie Couric, American television host
• 1957 - Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
• 1957 - Reena Roy, Indian actress
• 1958 - Linda Kozlowski, American actress
• 1958 - Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure and anti-pornography activist
• 1959 - Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Gos)
• 1960 - David Marciano, American actor
• 1960 - Loretta Sanchez, American politician
• 1961 - Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
• 1961 - Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
• 1961 - John Thune, American politician
• 1962 - Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician
• 1963 - Clint Mansell, English musician and composer
• 1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor
• 1966 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dick Marty (born January 7 1945 in Sorengo) is a Swiss Politician ( Free Democratic Party) and former state Prosecutor Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946, in New York City) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shobhaa Dé (b 7 January, 1948) is a renowned Indian columnist and novelist Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington) is an American Singer and Songwriter Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marshall Chapman ( January 7, 1949) is an American Country rock singer/songwriter Luanne Ruth Schedeen (born on January 7, 1949 in Portland Oregon) known professionally as Anne Schedeen, is an American actress See also Stephen Williams For the murderer see 2003 John McDonogh High School shooting Steven Williams (born January 7 Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early life Born in Paracuaro, Michoacán, he attended boarding school in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, but he left to work as a craftsman Erin Gray (born January 7 1950 is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Kate Summers in the Situation comedy Silver Spoons Ross Albert II Grimsley (born January 7 1950 in Topeka Kansas) is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played Janardhana Rao (జనార్ధన రావు famously known as Johnny Lever (जॉनी लीवर born 14 August 1956is an actor in Bollywood known as Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth (born 7 January, 1951) is an English actress. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sammo Hung is a Chinese Actor, producer and director from Hong Kong, known for his work in many kung fu films Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Stephen Caruso (born January 7 1956) is an American film and television Actor and producer. Michael Dennis Liut (born January 7, 1956 in Weston Ontario) is a Canadian former professional Ice hockey Goaltender. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is a contemporary American writer of fiction and non-fiction Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Reena Roy (born January 7, 1957) was one of the top Hindi film actresses in India. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Linda Kozlowski (born January 7 1958, in Fairfield Connecticut) is a Golden Globe -nominated American actress Donna Rice Hughes (born January 7, 1958) was a figure in the 1987 Sex scandal that ended the second presidential campaign The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kathy Valentine (born Kathryn Valentine January 7 1959, Austin, Texas) is the Bass guitarist for the all-girl punk / For the 1960s band see The Go-Go's (1960s. The Go-Go’s are an all-female American Pop band formed in 1978 Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Marciano (born January 7, 1960 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Actor recognised by many as Detective Raymond Vecchio in Loretta Sanchez (born January 7 1960) an American politician has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Peter Thomson (born 7 January 1961 Australian politician is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Supriya Pathak Kapur (born January 7, 1961) is an Indian actress hailing from a long line of performers John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is the Republican junior U Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aleksandr Gel'yevich Dugin ( Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин) (born January 7, 1962) is a Politologist and Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clint Mansell (born Clinton Darryl Mansell, 7 January 1963, in Coventry, England) is a Golden Globe -nominated Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy ( January 7 1966 &ndash July 16 1999) née Carolyn Jeanne Bessette, was the wife of John F 1999)
• 1967 - Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
• 1967 - Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
• 1967 - Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat
• 1969 - David Yost, American actor
• 1970 - Doug E. Doug, American actor
• 1970 - Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
• 1971 - C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler
• 1971 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
• 1972 - Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
• 1973 - Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer
• 1974 - John Rich, American guitarist and bassist (Big & Rich)
• 1976 - Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
• 1976 - Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1977 - Michelle Behennah, British model
• 1977 - Dustin Diamond, American actor
• 1977 - John Gidding, Turkish American architect and TV host (Designed to Sell)
• 1978 - Kevin Mench, American baseball player
• 1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian model
• 1979 - Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
• 1979 - Ryan Tedder, American singer (OneRepublic)
• 1981 - Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 - Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
• 1982 - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 - Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
• 1982 - Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
• 1983 - Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
• 1984 - Jon Lester, American baseball player
• 1985 - Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
• 1986 - Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
• 1988 - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
• 1988 - Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
• 1989 - Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer
• 1990 - Liam Aiken, American actor
• 1990 - Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
• 1990 - Camryn Grimes, American actress
• 1990 - Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper
• 1991 - Max Morrow, Canadian actor

Deaths

• 1285 - King Charles I of Naples (b. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Guy Andre Hebert (born January 7, 1967 in Troy New York) and graduate of La Salle Institute in Troy is a former professional Ice hockey goaltender Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones on 7 January 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967 known as Nick Clegg, is Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Harold Yost (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor known for his role on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doug E Doug (born January 7 1970) is an American Actor and Comedian. João Ricardo Pereira dos Santos (born January 7, 1970 in Luanda, Angola) better known as João Ricardo ( pron. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Chris Wright (born January 7 1971) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the Ring name, C Jeremy Lee Renner, the 5' 10" (178 m American actor and musician was born January 7, 1971 in Modesto California. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Brashear (born January 7, 1972 in Bedford, Indiana, US Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. John Rich (born January 7, 1974 in Amarillo Texas) is an American Country music artist Big & Rich are an American Country music duo comprising two Singer-songwriters Big Kenny (aka Kenny Alphin former solo artist and lead singer for Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Éric Serge Gagné ( IPA:) (born January 7 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a professional Major League Baseball Outfielder Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Michelle Behennah (born January 7, 1977, Singapore) is an English model. Dustin Neil Diamond (born January 7, 1977) is an American Actor, Musician, and stand-up Comedian best known for his role John Gidding (born January 7 1977) is an American / Turkish Architect, television Actor and former fashion model Designed to Sell is an HGTV American Reality television show hosted by Clive Pearse, Shane Tallant, Michael Johnson Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Kevin Ford Mench (born January 7, 1978 in Wilmington Delaware) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Bipasha Basu ( Bengali: বিপাশা বসু, Hindi: बिपाषा बासु (born January 7 1979) is an Indian Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American Singer, and Grammy nominated Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Alexander Auld (born January 7 1981 in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, but raised in Thunder Bay Ontario) is a professional Ice hockey Marquis Antwane Daniels (born January 7 1981 in Orlando Florida) is a 6'6" (198 cm 200 lb (91 kg Shooting guard / Small forward Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Francisco "Frankie" José Rodriguez (born January 7 1982 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball player Hannah Stockbauer (born January 7, 1982 in Nürnberg) is a German female athlete Ianina Zanazzi (born January 7, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional Racecar driver Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Golf career Gulbis started finding interest in the game at the early age of 4 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jonathan Tyler Lester (born January 7, 1984, in Tacoma Washington) is a left-handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born Stevenage, 7 January 1985 Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Grant Leadbitter (born January 7, 1986 in Chester-le-Street) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Haley Katharina Bennett (born January 7, 1988) is an American Singer and actress. Scott Pendlebury (born 7 January 1988 is an Australian rules footballer who plays in the Australian Football League. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Emiliano "Emilio" Adrian Insúa Zapata (born 7 January 1989) is an Argentine Footballer who plays in the Left-back Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Liam Padraic Aiken (born January 7, 1990) is an American Actor who has starred in a number of films such as Stepmom and Good Elene Gedevanishvili (ელენე გედევანიშვილი (born January 7 1990 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Camryn Elizabeth Grimes (born January 7, 1990) is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning American Actress. Gregor "Schlieri" Schlierenzauer (born January 7 1990 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian ski jumper. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Max Morrow (born January 7, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor Charles I ( 21 March 1226 &ndash 7 January 1285) commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest 1226)
• 1325 - King Dinis of Portugal (b. Denis ( Portuguese: Dinis or Diniz, diˈniʃ 9 October 1261 in Lisbon – 7 January, 1325 in 1261)
• 1400 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. Thomas Holland 1st Duke of Surrey ( 1374 - January 7, 1400) also 3rd Earl of Kent 1374)
• 1451 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. Amadeus VIII ( September 4, 1383 &ndash January 7, 1451) was the son of Amadeus VII Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. 1383)
• 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII of England (b. Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536 also known as Catharine, Katherine or Katharine ( Castilian Infanta Catalina Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of 1485)
• 1566 - Louis de Blois, Flemish mystic (b. Louis de Blois (October 1506 - 7 January 1566) was a Flemish mystical writer generally known under the name of Blosius. 1506)
• 1619 - Nicholas Hilliard, English painter (bc. Nicholas Hilliard (c 1547&ndash January 7, 1619) was an English Goldsmith and limner best known for his Portrait miniatures 1547)
• 1625 - Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (bc. Ruggiero Giovannelli (c 1560 &ndash January 7, 1625) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras 1560)
• 1655 - Pope Innocent X (b. Pope Innocent X ( May 6, 1574 &ndash January 7, 1655) born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili) was Pope 1574)
• 1658 - Theophilus Eaton, American colonist (b. Theophilus Eaton (1590 &ndash January 7, 1658) was a merchant farmer and Puritan colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New 1590)
• 1694 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. Charles Gerard 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC (c 1618 &ndash January 7, 1694) eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, was a member of an old Lancashire 1618)
• 1700 - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. Raphael Fabretti ( 1618 - January 7, 1700) was an Italian antiquary. 1618)
• 1715 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon ( August 6 1651 &ndash January 7 1715) was a 1651)
• 1758 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686—7 January 1758 was a Scottish Poet. 1686)
• 1767 - Thomas Clap, 1st president of Yale University (b. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Clap, also spelled Thomas Clapp ( June 26, 1703 - January 7, 1767) was the fifth rector and first president of Yale College 1703)
• 1770 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Count Carl Gustaf Tessin ( September 5, 1695 &ndash January 7, 1770) was a Swedish Politician and son of 1695)
• 1783 - William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or William Tans'ur (or Tansur or Tanzer) ( 1700 &ndash January 7, 1783) was an English Hymn -writer psalmodist 1700)
• 1786 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-Étienne Guettard ( September 22, 1715 &ndash January 7, 1786) French naturalist and Mineralogist, was 1715)
• 1830 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Sir Thomas Lawrence RA ( April 13, 1769 &ndash January 7, 1830) was a notable English painter, mostly of portraits 1769)
• 1864 - Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Caleb Blood Smith ( April 16, 1808 &ndash January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician serving in the Cabinet The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. 1808)
• 1872 - James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James Fisk Jr ( April 1, 1834 &ndash January 6, 1872) known variously as "Big Jim" "Diamond Jim" and "Jubilee Jim" 1834)
• 1876 - Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Juste Daniel Olivier ( 1807 - January 7, 1876) Swiss Poet, was born near Nyon in the canton of Vaud 1807)
• 1878 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common François-Vincent Raspail ( January 25 1794 - January 7[[ 878]] was a French Chemist, Physiologist, and Socialist 1794)
• 1892 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (b. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Tewfik Pasha (Tawfiq of Egypt (1852-1892 (محمد توفيق باشا was Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, and the sixth ruler from the This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. 1852)
• 1893 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Stefan ( Jožef Stefan) ( March 24, 1835 &ndash January 7, 1893) was a Physicist, Mathematician and 1835)
• 1913 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the major league infielder see Jack Boyle. ---- John Anthony Boyle ( March 22 1866 - January 7 1913 1866)
• 1919 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist and philanthropist (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henry Ware Eliot ( November 25, 1843 &ndash January 7, 1919) was an American Industrialist and Philanthropist who lived 1843)
• 1920 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920 Australian politician and judge was the first Prime Minister of Australia and The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1849)
• 1932 - André Maginot, French eponym of the Maginot Line (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. André Maginot ( February 17, 1877 – January 7, 1932) was a French Civil servant, soldier and Member of Parliament The Maginot Line (IPA, Ligne Maginot named after French Minister of Defense André Maginot, was a line of concrete Fortifications tank obstacles artillery 1877)
• 1936 - Guy d'Hardelot, French composer, best known for Because (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guy d'Hardelot (August 1858 – January 7, 1936) was the Pen name of Helen Rhodes ( nee Guy a French composer pianist 1858)
• 1943 - Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There have already been discussions about Tesla's ethnicity on the talk page 1856)
• 1944 - Lou Hoover, U. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louise Henry Hoover (March 29 1874 &ndash January 7 1944 was the wife of Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States. S. First Lady (b. 1874)
• 1944 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Napoleon Lapathiotis ( 31 October, 1888 – 7 January, 1944) was a Greek Poet. 1888)
• 1946 - Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adamo Didur ( December 24, 1874 - January 7, 1946) was a top-class Polish bass. 1874)
• 1951 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January René Guénon ( November 15 1886 – January 7 1951) was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the 1886)
• 1953 - Osa Johnson, American explorer (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Johnson ( October 9 1884 &ndash January 13 1937) and his wife Osa Johnson ( Née Leighty March 14 1894)
• 1960 - Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1878)
• 1963 - Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Edward Moore, CMG (9 February 1876 &ndash 17 January 1963 was an Australian politician 1876)
• 1964 - Cyril Davies, American musician (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Cyril Davies ( 23 January 1932 - 7 January 1964) was one of the first British blues Harmonica players and Blues musician 1932)
• 1967 - Carl Schuricht, German conductor (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Carl Adolph Schuricht ( July 3, 1880 &ndash January, 1967 was a German conductor. 1880)
• 1967 - David Goodis, American writer (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year David Goodis ( March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) was an American Noir fiction writer 1917)
• 1968 - Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Professor James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 October 1897 – 7 January 1968 was a South African ichthyologist Born in Graaff Reinet, he was the first 1897)
• 1972 - John Berryman, American poet (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) ( October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American 1914)
• 1972 - Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist
• 1980 - Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eftichia Papagianopoulos (Ευτυχία Παπαγιαννοπούλου also spelled as Eftihia Papagianopoulou, (1893-1972 was a Greek lyricist Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) See Larry Williams (trader for the technical analyst and financial trader 1935)
• 1981 - Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Tord Alvar Quan Liddell ( 11 September 1908 &ndash 7 January 1981) was a BBC Radio Announcer and newsreader 1908)
• 1981 - Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Eric Laidlaw Robinson ( 15 November 1926 – 7 January 1981) was an Australian politician 1926)
• 1984 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Alfred Kastler ( May 3, 1902 &ndash January 7, 1984) was a French Physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1902)
• 1985 - Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Mary Hardy ( 1931 - 7 January 1985) was an Australian television and radio presenter actor and comedian 1931)
• 1986 - Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Philip Dey Eastman ( November 25, 1909 – January 7, 1986) was a Screenwriter and Children's author. 1909)
• 1986 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Juan Rulfo ( 16 May 1917 &ndash 7 January 1986) was a Mexican Novelist, short story writer and photographer 1917)

   *1988 - Trevor Howard, English actor (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) For the footballer see Trevor Howard (footballer Trevor Howard, CBE ( 29 September 1913   1913)

• 1988 - Michel Auclair, French actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Michel Auclair (14 September 1922 - 7 January 1988 was an Actor. 1922)
• 1989 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. 1901)
• 1990 - Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Horace C Stoneham ( April 27 1903 — January 7 1990) was the principal owner of Major League Baseball 's New York/San Francisco 1903)
• 1990 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski ( November 3, 1908 &ndash January 7, 1990) was an Canadian American football player 1908)
• 1992 - Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (The Muppets) (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Richard Hunt ( August 16, 1951 - January 7 1992) was an American Puppeteer. The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. 1951)
• 1995 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2 1926 – January 7 1995 was an American economist of the Austrian School who helped define modern Libertarianism 1926)
• 1996 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Tarō Okamoto (岡本太郎 Okamoto Tarō) ( February 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was a Japanese artist noted for his abstract and 1911)
• 1996 - Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Károly Grósz ( August 1 1930 - January 7 1996) was a Hungarian communist politician 1930)
• 1998 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Vladimir Prelog ( July 23 1906 &ndash January 7 1998) was a renowned Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1906)
• 1998 - Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Owen Bradley (c October 21, 1915 - January 7 1998) was an influential American Record producer 1915)
• 2000 - Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Gary Albright ( May 18 1963 - January 7 2000) was an American professional wrestler who performed mainly in Stampede 1963)
• 2002 - Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Avery Lawrence Schreiber ( April 9, 1935 – January 7, 2002) was an American comedian and actor 1935)
• 2002 - Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jon Lee ( March 28, 1968 – January 7, 2002) was the original drummer for the successful British rock band Feeder Feeder are a British rock band formed in Newport, South Wales in 1992 by singer /songwriter/ Guitarist Grant Nicholas 1968)
• 2004 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ingrid Thulin (ˈɪŋrɪd tɵˈliːn in Swedish ( 27 January 1926 &ndash 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress 1926)
• 2005 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Daninos ( May 26 1913 - January 7 2005) was a French writer and humorist 1913)
• 2005 - Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eileen Desmond, née Harrington (29 December 1932 – 6 January 2005 was a senior Irish Labour Party politician 1932)
• 2006 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Heinrich Harrer ( July 6, 1912 – January 7, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer sportsman Geographer 1912)
• 2007 - Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Magnús Magnússon KBE (ˈmaknus ˈmaknuˌsɔn October 12 1929 &ndash January 7 2007) was an Icelandic television 1929)
• 2007 - Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Robert Hamilton Sr ( May 29, 1957 – January 7, 2007) was a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. 1957)
• 2008 - Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Alwyn Schlebusch (16 September 1917 &ndash 7 January 2008) was the only holder of the title Vice State President of South Africa from 1917)

Holidays and observances

• European traditional - Distaff day: women's traditional work begins again after Epiphany. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Distaff Day, also called Rock Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany ( Greek for "to manifest" or "to show" is a Christian Feast day which celebrates the "shining forth" or revelation of
• Italy - Tricolour day (Festa del Tricolore)
• Japan - Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival). Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest See also List of Italian flags The flag of Italy ( La bandiera d'Italia, often referred to in Italian as Il Tricolore) is a Tricolour For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The is the long-standing Japanese custom of eating on Jinjitsu ( January 7)
• Roman Catholic Church
  • St. Canute Lavard
  • St. Charles of Sezze
  • St. Lucian of Antioch
  • St. Raymond of Peñafort
  • Bl. Widukind, Duke of Saxony, (d. Canute Lavard (meaning "Canute the Lord" Danish: Knud Lavard) (c Charles of Sezze (1616 - 1670 born Giovanni Carlo Marchioni, was a brother of the Franciscan order Saint Lucian of Antioch (c 240&ndash January 7, 312) was an early and extremely influential theologian and teacher of Christianity, particularly Saint Raymond of Peñafort, OP (c 1175 &ndash 1275 ( Sant Ramon de Penyafort, San Raimundo de Peñafort) was born in Vilafranca del Penedès Blessed Widukind or Wittekind (c 730&ndash808 was a Saxon leader Duke of Saxony (corresponding to modern-day Westphalia and the chief antagonist This article lists Dukes Electors and Kings ruling over territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918 807)
• Coptic Orthodox Church - Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist
• Eastern Orthodox Church - St. John the Baptist
• Christmas Day in the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar
• January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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